Fans did not recognize the Chicago Blackhawks in Games 2-4, but the Blackhawks that won the President’s Trophy showed up in the third period of Game 6 to snatch the victory away from the Detroit Red Wings and force Game
When asked what “nine times nine” was on her math quiz, a Chicago third grader answered, “Hossa.” Maggie Ciara, an avid Chicago Blackhawks fan, initially confused her teacher, Christine Mech, at Columbus Manor Elementary School, who wrote on the quiz,
If Phil Jackson could start a dream team, he would take legendary Boston Celtics and University of San Francisco center Bill Russell over Michael Jordan, whom he coached in Chicago. “In my estimation, the guy that has to be there
Barack Obama’s close friend and major fundraiser, Penny Pritzker, who has been nominated to be the new Secretary of Commerce, didn’t include more than $80 million in income in financial disclosures she filed last week. Pritzker, who is a billionaire,
LAKE FOREST, Ill., May 24 (UPI) —Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 uniform number retired by the Chicago Bears this season. The ceremony is scheduled halftime of the Dec. 9 game when
(CBS/AP) – A federal jury on Thursday sided with developerDonald Trump — not the 87-year-old woman who says she was cheated financially after buying two condominiums at his Trump Tower project. Jackie Goldberg of Evanston sought $6 million in damages
I found it astonishing to watch Senators from both parties roll over for Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker at her confirmation hearing his week. My Breitbart colleagues teased me for my lack of cynicism about the “ruling class” in
(AP) Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series leadBy LARRY LAGEAP Hockey WriterDETROITJimmy Howard kept Jonathan Toews in his misery, making three saves against the struggling star to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on
He didn’t have the bloody knuckles of Dick Butkus or the wild eyes of Mike Singletary. From a personality standpoint, he really was kind of vanilla in many ways. What Brian Urlacher did have was incredible drive, freakish skills, and
Senator Mark Kirk was “uncertain” about supporting Hyatt Hotel heiress and Obama campaign bundler Penny Pritzker for Commerce Secretary until a few days ago. Ahead of Thursday’s confirmation hearing, Kirk has announced he is joining his Illinois counterpart Dick Durbin
The Senate will finally confront one of the architects of the subprime mortgage crisis today, hauling a tax-dodging, union-busting, bank-breaking, billionaire member of the “one percent” before the Senate Commerce Committee… to consider her confirmation as Secretary of Commerce in
Requests revealed on May 21 show the Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintenance and upkeep of Guantanamo prison. According to Fox News, this figure includes “$200 million for military construction work that could stretch over a decade.” The request
(AP) – The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s term in office.
President Barack Obama is a nightmare for political comedians. He’s too cool, too smart, too … good at this whole leadership thing. That was the bill of goods comedians sold us five years ago, an excuse which prevented them from
On Tuesday, an estimated 175 Tea Party activists protested outside the IRS office in the suburban Chicago community of Downers Grove. Here’s a report from someone who attended the event: What surprised many was a Homeland Security vehicle came past
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) has thrown his support behind Penny Pritzker for U.S. Secretary of Commerce. After meeting with Pritzker last week, Durbin told the Chicago Tribune she would make an “outstanding” Cabinet secretary, and he would do everything he
(AP) Protesters rally over IRS’ tea party scrutinyBy DAN SEWELLAssociated PressCINCINNATITea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency’s extra scrutiny of conservative
For the second time in three years, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Draft Lottery and will have the first pick in this year’s NBA Draft. The Draft will be on June 27, and Nerlens Noel, out of Kentucky, is
After coming under fire in 2008 for her role in the failure of her family’s subprime-lending Superior Bank, President Obama’s campaign defended their then-campaign finance chairwomen, Penny Pritzker, claiming, that “she stepped down as chairwoman of the bank’s board in
MGM has announced that the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers are the two most likely teams to win the Super Bowl next year, both with 5-to-1 odds. In theory that means each team has a 16.7% chance of winning
Fran Sweet, a 68-year old retiree, says she is still out $69,400 after the failure of Penny Pritzker’s subprime-speculating Superior Bank in 2001. Sweet told Breitbart News, “It was not a failure. It was a bank robbery… My feeling is
(AP) Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series leadBy LARRY LAGEAP Hockey WriterDETROITGustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the
(AP) NEW YORKCBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of “Mike & Molly” off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple. The network said it replaced the comedy with a rerun on Monday out of
In a crowded field, Chicago billionaire, bundler, sub-prime banker and union buster Penny Pritzker is clearly the worst nominee that President Barack Obama has chosen for his second term cabinet. Though the position for which she has been nominated, Secretary
John Kass of the Chicago Tribune has long explained that if you want to understand Obama’s confrontational style, you have to understand the lessons he learned in his adopted hometown of Chicago. Today he illustrates the point with a personal
